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HealthDay - Fri Nov 6, 11:48 PM ET

(HealthDay News) -- A number of adverse effects can result if you don't take a medication as directed.

  • Clinical Trials Update: Nov. 6, 2009 HealthDay - Fri Nov 6, 11:48 PM ET

    (HealthDay News) -- Here are the latest clinical trials, courtesy of ClinicalConnection.com:

  • Pay Less for Prescription Drugs HealthDay - Fri Nov 6, 11:48 PM ET

    FRIDAY, Nov. 6 (HealthDay News) -- The recession has made it more difficult than ever before for many Americans to afford prescription medications, but several options are available, according to an expert from Butler University in Indianapolis.

  • Clinical Trials Update: Nov. 5, 2009 HealthDay - Thu Nov 5, 11:48 PM ET

    (HealthDayNews) -- Here are the latest clinical trials, courtesy of ClinicalConnection.com:

  • A police officer opens a bag of cocaine that was seized in 2008. Cocaine's relentless march through Europe's social order showed no sign of abating in 2009, an annual report into drug use and addiction showed on Thursday.(AFP/File/Elmer Martinez)
    Cocaine's charge through Europe undiminished: report AFP - Thu Nov 5, 1:18 PM ET

    BRUSSELS (AFP) - Cocaine's relentless march through Europe's social order showed no sign of abating in 2009, an annual report into drug use and addiction showed on Thursday.

  • Clinical Trials Update: Nov. 4, 2009 HealthDay - Wed Nov 4, 11:48 PM ET

    (HealthDay News) -- Here are the latest clinical trials, courtesy of ClinicalConnection.com:

  • FDA Initiative Seeks to Reduce Accidental Overdoses HealthDay - Wed Nov 4, 11:48 PM ET

    WEDNESDAY, Nov. 4 (HealthDay News) -- U.S. health authorities unveiled Wednesday an initiative designed to reduce preventable injuries and deaths caused by misuse of medications.

  • FDA aims to fight avoidable harm from medicines Reuters - Wed Nov 4, 3:36 PM ET

    SILVER SPRING, Maryland (Reuters) - U.S. health officials unveiled plans to fight avoidable injuries from medication errors or misuse, a problem that harms hundreds of thousands of people each year and can be deadly.

  • Most who OD on prescription opiates took methadone Reuters - Wed Nov 4, 1:13 PM ET

    NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - A new study of overdose deaths in Washington State due to prescription opiate drugs shows that most of these deaths involved methadone, and that these overdoses were much more common among people on Medicaid.

  • Clinical Trials Update: Nov. 3, 2009 HealthDay - Tue Nov 3, 11:49 PM ET

    (HealthDay News) -- Here are the latest clinical trials, courtesy of ClinicalConnection.com:

  • A nurse gives a shot of the H1N1 vaccine to Mandi Russell, who is seven and a half months pregnant, at the Utah County Health Department in October 2009 in Provo, Utah. A single dose of swine flu vaccine produces a robust immune response in pregnant women, one of the groups at higher risk of dying from (A)H1N1 influenza, initial results from US clinical trials have shown.(AFP/Getty Images/File/George Frey)
    One swine flu shot enough for pregnant women, two for kids AFP - Tue Nov 3, 11:35 AM ET

    WASHINGTON (AFP) - A single dose of swine flu vaccine produces a robust immune response in pregnant women, one of the groups at high risk of dying from (A)H1N1 influenza, but young children need two shots, US clinical trials have shown.

  • Clinical Trials Update: Nov. 2, 2009 HealthDay - Mon Nov 2, 11:49 PM ET

    (HealthDay News) -- Here are the latest clinical trials, courtesy of ClinicalConnection.com:

  • One Dose of Swine Flu Vaccine Works for Pregnant Women HealthDay - Mon Nov 2, 11:49 PM ET

    MONDAY, Nov. 2 (HealthDay News) -- Results from ongoing clinical trials confirm that pregnant women need only one dose of the swine flu vaccine, while young children -- 6 months to 9 years of age -- need two doses, U.S. health officials said Monday.

  • Human Genome 2nd lupus trial succeeds Reuters - Mon Nov 2, 1:24 PM ET

    BOSTON/LONDON (Reuters) - Human Genome Sciences Inc said its experimental lupus drug Benlysta eased symptoms in more than 43 percent of patients who took it in a clinical trial, paving the way for approval of the first new treatment for the disease in 50 years.

  • Clinical Trials Update: Oct. 29, 2009 HealthDay - Thu Oct 29, 11:49 PM ET

    (HealthDay News) -- Here are the latest clinical trials, courtesy of ClinicalConnection.com:

  • Study: Cholesterol drugs may improve flu survival AP - Thu Oct 29, 5:11 PM ET

    A new treatment for swine flu may already be on pharmacy shelves — cholesterol-lowering statin drugs like Lipitor and Zocor.

  • Clinical Trials Update: Oct. 28, 2009 HealthDay - Wed Oct 28, 11:49 PM ET

    (HealthDay News) -- Here are the latest clinical trials, courtesy of ClinicalConnection.com:

  • Clinical Trials Update: Oct. 27, 2009 HealthDay - Tue Oct 27, 11:49 PM ET

    (HealthDay News) -- Here are the latest clinical trials, courtesy of ClinicalConnection.com:

  • Clinical Trials Update: Oct. 26, 2009 HealthDay - Mon Oct 26, 11:50 PM ET

    (HealthDay News) -- Here are the latest clinical trials, courtesy of ClinicalConnection.com:

  • Bowel Disease Treatment May Raise Skin Cancer Risk HealthDay - Mon Oct 26, 11:50 PM ET

    MONDAY, Oct. 26 (HealthDay News) -- Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) patients who are being treated with immunosuppressive medications may be at increased risk for non-melanoma skin cancer, a new U.S. study says.

  • Clinical Trials Update: Oct. 23, 2009 HealthDay - Fri Oct 23, 11:49 PM ET

    (HealthDay News) -- Here are the latest clinical trials, courtesy of ClinicalConnection.com:

  • Health reform moves to close U.S. Medicare drug gap Reuters - Fri Oct 23, 5:44 PM ET

    WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democratic leaders moved on Friday to build support among the elderly for a massive overhaul of the U.S. healthcare system, saying the measure would immediately start closing a gap in Medicare prescription drug coverage.

  • Stubborn asthma may signal poor use of meds Reuters - Fri Oct 23, 2:27 PM ET

    NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - People with difficult-to-control asthma are often not taking their anti-asthma medication as prescribed by their doctor, new study findings indicate.

  • Clinical Trials Update: Oct. 22, 2009 HealthDay - Thu Oct 22, 11:49 PM ET

    (HealthDay News) -- Here are the latest clinical trials, courtesy of ClinicalConnection.com:

  • Psychiatric Meds for Infants Linked to Later Behavior Problems HealthDay - Thu Oct 22, 11:49 PM ET

    THURSDAY, Oct. 22 (HealthDay News) -- Researchers report that infant rats given commonly prescribed drugs to treat mood disorders, pain and epilepsy develop behavioral problems in adulthood.

  • Clinical Trials Update: Oct. 21, 2009 HealthDay - Wed Oct 21, 11:49 PM ET

    (HealthDay News) -- Here are the latest clinical trials, courtesy of ClinicalConnection.com:

  • Clinical Trials Update: Oct. 20, 2009 HealthDay - Tue Oct 20, 11:50 PM ET

    (HealthDay News) -- Here are the latest clinical trials, courtesy of ClinicalConnection.com:

  • A man extinguishes his cigarette in central Sydney May 11, 2009. REUTERS/Daniel Munoz
    U.S. backs vaccines for drug, nicotine addiction Reuters - Tue Oct 20, 5:02 PM ET

    CHICAGO (Reuters) - Hooked on cocaine or cigarettes? The U.S. government wants drug companies to make a vaccine for that.

  • Clinical Trials Update: Oct. 19, 2009 HealthDay - Mon Oct 19, 11:49 PM ET

    (HealthDay News) -- Here are the latest clinical trials, courtesy of ClinicalConnection.com:

  • U.S. Relaxes Opposition to Medical Marijuana HealthDay - Mon Oct 19, 11:48 PM ET

    MONDAY, Oct. 19 (HealthDay News) -- The Obama administration has decided it will no longer prosecute medical marijuana users or suppliers, provided they obey the laws of states that allow use of the drug for medicinal purposes.

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